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Queen Elizabeth II is having a royal nightmare. A referendum divides the nation, a tumultuous election grips the United States - and the body of a staff member is found dead beside Buckingham Palace swimming pool. Is it a tragic accident, as the police think? Or is something more sinister going on? As Her Majesty looks for answers, her trusted assistant, Rozie, is on the trail of a treasured painting that once hung outside the queen's bedroom.

1957 - A young woman is found dead in a mews house a mile from Buckingham Palace, wearing only silk underwear and a a diamond tiara. An older man is discovered nearby, garrotted and pierced through the eye with a long, sharp implement. According to the police, a high society card game was going on downstairs that night. One of the players surely committed the murders, but each of them can give the others an alibi.

The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, 89-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found murdered in his room, with a rope around his neck. When the police begin to suspect her loyal servants, Her Majesty knows they are looking in the wrong place. For the queen has been living an extraordinary double life ever since her coronation. Away from the public eye, she has a brilliant knack for solving crimes.

2016. Dronning Elizabeth befinder sig i noget af et mareridt. En folkeafstemning splitter nationen, et kaotisk valg optager USA, og en ansat bliver fundet død ved swimmingpoolen på Buckingham Palace. Er der tale om en tragisk ulykke, som politiet tror? Mens Hendes Majestæt søger efter svar, er hendes betroede assistent, Rozie, på sporet af et værdifuldt maleri, der er forsvundet fra dronningens gemakker. Da Rozie modtager et anonymt trusselsbrev, er dronningen ikke længere i tvivl om, at mørke kræfter er på spil – og alt for tæt på.

The Queen identifies the 70 year-old victim, Edward St Cyr, from his signet ring. But the search for his killer is not so straightforward. Suspects include the Queen's horse groom, a shady land agent, an aristocrat neighbour, as well as the victim's many cousins and relations. The investigation leads the Queen - and her trusted assistant, Rozie - to a local pigeon racing club, back to London, and to the ancient, moated Godwick Hall. But how do the seemingly disparate pieces of the puzzle fit together? And who is the next victim?

En avril 1957, lors de la première visite officielle d'Elizabeth II à Paris, une série d'événements laisse à penser à un sabotage. Au même moment, deux morts atroces ont lieu à proximité de Buckingham Palace. Lorsque l'un de ses proches est impliqué dans l'affaire, la reine mène l'enquête depuis Balmoral avec l'aide de sa secrétaire particulière adjointe, Joan McGraw.

È un mite inizio di primavera al castello di Windsor e la regina Elisabetta si sta preparando per le celebrazioni del suo novantesimo compleanno. Le attività tuttavia sono bruscamente interrotte non appena il giovane pianista russo che ha deliziato gli ospiti la sera precedente viene ritrovato cadavere, completamente nudo, appeso in camera sua con la cintura della vestaglia. Quando le indagini si concentrano sulla servitù, la regina capisce che la polizia sta seguendo la pista sbagliata.

Mancano pochi giorni a Natale e la regina Elisabetta II attende di celebrare le festività in famiglia, come da tradizione, nella tenuta reale di Sandringham; tra cene con figli, nipoti e pronipoti e serate trascorse davanti al fuoco, le vacanze sono da sempre un momento atteso, lontano dall'etichetta e dagli obblighi di corte.

2016. Dronning Elizabeth er på Windsor Castle forud for fejringen af sin 90-års fødselsdag, men festforberedelserne bliver afbrudt af den chokerende nyhed om, at en af gæsterne – en russisk pianist – på mystisk vis er fundet død i slottets gemakker. Alt peger umiddelbart på, at han har hængt sig, men der er detaljer ved sagen, som får efterretningstjenesten MI5 til at indlede en mordefterforskning. Dronning Elizabeth følger med fra sidelinjen, og da mistanken falder på en af hendes loyale medarbejdere, er hun overbevist om, at MI5 er på afveje.